Cistopus chinensis Zheng & Lin & Lu & Ma 2012, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Zheng, Xiaodong, Lin, Xiangzhi, Lu, Chungcheng, Ma, Ruijuan
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2012
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Mollusca; Cephalopoda; Octopoda; Octopodidae; Cistopus; Cistopus chinensis; DML
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10536895; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/703D87A0FFC2FA55BEA3FB9FF174FC12

Cistopus chinensis sp. nov. (Figures 15) Type material Holotype. CMRC-XKS-0908026, Xiamen, 24 ◦ 31 ′ N, 118 ◦ 03 ′ E, mudflat, 14 August 2009, mature male, 51.3 mm DML, coll. CMRC (Figure 1). Paratypes. Seven paratypes, CMRC-XKS-0906025, Xiamen, 24 ◦ 31 ′ N, 118 ◦ 03 ′ E, mudflat, 14 August 2009, submature female, 39.3 mm DML, coll. CMRC. OUC- XKS001, Xiamen, 24 ◦ 28 ′ N, 118 ◦ 02 ′ E, mudflat, 2 August 2009, mature female, 56.0 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS002, Xiamen, 24 ◦ 28 ′ N, 118 ◦ 02 ′ E, mudflat, 2 August 2009, mature male, 81.0 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS003, Xiamen, 24 ◦ 28 ′ N, 118 ◦ 02 ′ E, mudflat, 2 August 2009, mature female, 99.5 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS008, Xiamen, 24 ◦ 28 ′ N, 118 ◦ 02 ′ E, mudflat, 2 August 2009, mature male, 65.0 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS009, Xiamen, 24 ◦ 28 ′ N, 118 ◦ 02 ′ E, mudflat, 2 August 2009, mature male, 77.8 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS010, Xiamen, 24 ◦ 28 ′ N, 118 ◦ 02 ′ E, mudflat, 2 August 2009, mature female, 75.4 mm DML, coll. GBSS. Other material. OUC-XKS011, mature male, 66.5 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC- XKS012, mature female, 59.8 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS013, mature male, 75.6 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS014, mature female, 63.2 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS015, mature female, 59.2 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS016, mature female, 56.3 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS017, mature male, 50.6 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS018, mature female, 50.6 mm DML, coll. GBSS. The eight specimens from OUC-XKS011 to OUC-XKS018 were all obtained in Xiamen, 24 ◦ 28 ′ N, 118 ◦ 02 ′ E, mudflat, 2 August 2009. OUC-XKS-WH001, Wuchuan, 21 ◦ 23 ′ N, 110 ◦ 47 ′ E, mudflat, 19 April 2011, male (mature), 71.8 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC- XKS-WH002, Wuchuan, 21 ◦ 23 ′ N, 110 ◦ 47 ′ E, mudflat, 19 April 2011, male (mature), 83.0 mm DML, coll. GBSS. OUC-XKS-WH003, Wuchuan, 21 ◦ 23 ′ N, 110 ◦ 47 ′ E, mudflat, 19 April 2011, female (mature), 92.0 mm DML, coll. GBSS. Etymology The specific epithet chinensis refers to China as the only known locality for this species to date. Diagnosis Small to ...